Friday, December 31, 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Thank you Fittons!

Thank you Auntie Annie

Thank you Auntie Sarah!

Thank you for all the wonderful gifts!

Christmas gets to be too much for the kids and we want them to not only cherish Jesus and his birth as THE reason of the holiday but to also appreciate those who share their love and blessings with us. This year we decided to do things different. The week of Christmas we selected members of our family and that was their day in our house. We prayed for them and remembered fun times we've had. We talked about their lives and the blessing they are to us and on our lives. We celebrated by opening the gifts they sent to us. The kids loved it and so did we. Thanks again for everything!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Melted crayon

I ran the dryer for the 9th time drying all the snow clothes the other daythe kids put their clothes on and they were all colorful we are talking. all over everythinghats, gloves, boots and coats and of course dad's police jacketSo as I tried to figure out how to do this I let them play another time in the snowI never had this happen beforeI kind of panicked about all the clothes I just wreckedThen I called my mom and asked for ideas and she said try a hair dryerSo, I got half way into the drum of the dryer and dried away for a half an hour. Dried and scrubbed and dried and scrubbedIt got every where in there and it totally colored the lint trap tooSO I sprayed all there clothes with shout and threw them in the washer and washed them on warmStuck them in the dryer and Amazingthey were all cleanNot a spot of crayon anywhereI guess I should check the pockets next timebecause I never do.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Shoes

Jeremiah calls his tee tops

We have 5 pairs of these shoes in all different sizes that have lasted 7 years so far. Odin wore this pair when he was 2 as well. Olivia wears the same ones too. It's nice and cheap at the same time. Love the cute and fancy shoes but they don't care, they just want to have something on their feet and RUN!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

How embarrasing

I am talking to a man about something at Walmart and I dug into my coat pocket

I was going for my chapstickwhich looked like this

and I pulled out this

and started putting it on my lips

My chapstick felt like plastic and the guy looked at me with a very seriously bizarre look and kept talkingI just laughed(and talked to myself)and walked away.Totally forgot what we were talking aboutNICE!

Monday, December 20, 2010

And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.Isaiah 9:6

Tears of JoyWhat a wonderful day yesterday. Pastor Glen had an awesome sermon The kids/adults did an awesome job on their programWe sold all our funky buns and a few necklaces.As we cleaned through our belongings and gathered the moneymy heart beat faster and tears of joy filled my eyes.I couldn't believe itGod had provided a lot of money for us yesterdaySomeone anonymously left us a large amount of cash in our donation jar at our church. Wow! It blew us away. God is truly faithful and funds what he favorsI have seen God do amazing things for other adoptions and he has done so many incredible things for ours as well. I feel so blessed that now I have stories that I can share with others that will bring him glory.Again the words "thank you" are just not enough.You have truly blessed our heart.Your generosity will result in thanksgiving to GodMy heart is overflowing with God's goodnessThank you Jesus for calling us to this humbling place of adopting, fund raising and relying on you in ways we would have never dreamToday we're praying and fasting for the child of some friends that will be having surgery. Please pray for the family, the girl, and that the doctors hands are guided by God and she does well when she has that surgery. We know you are an awesome God and we put our faith in you.Lots of Love

Friday, December 17, 2010

Jonah

I came out of the bedroom and this is what I found on the couch.What a sweetiethis book is HIS laugh bookWhen I was pregnant with each of the kids we always wrote in a book/journal about funny thingsthings they did or things that happenedWe keep them all on our bookshelves we write things down right when they happenThe kids love to read themthey just are not AS funny when you read them to your childversus the day they happenedHe is such a sweet child with a HUGE HEART!Have a great day!Lots of Love